Can't believe I'm back:-)

[KHTW]

Eeek! Donna! So exciting. A cruze baby, wouldn't that be nice?

So weird with the tablets... I will give them a chance for another month and if I feel strange again before af I will go back to pregnacare x

This is getting real! Less then 3 months for us

My DD is so funny right now. She is baby obsessed. If she sees a mother with a baby she doesn't want to walk away and is all like 'baby, baby, baby' ( i swear she does not listen to Justin Bieber lol). However if I happen to hold a baby in my arms or another child on my lap she flips out and I have to let them go! Well... she still has time to change

 

[Donna88]

Aww that's sweet, she will be okay if it's a little brother or sister because you'll have time to prepare her. Also I'm sure she'll be proud to be a big sister.

I know a cruise baby would be great, not sure if we'll get much time to make one though-sharing a cabin with our son, so it'll only be when he's at the kids clubs we'll be able to even think about it haha.

 

[Donna88]

Less than 3 months is crazy, will fly by


A friend told me she was pregnant yesterday, due in January. I am very excited for them, not at the point where I'm feeling jealous of announcements yet. But they do make me extra broody and I just want to get started on making a baby ourselves now. But... like I said 4 months isn't that long really

 

[KHTW]

You guys will have to be extra sneaky lol! But I am sure you can figure something out

I must say I don't get broody seeing other people's babies. I never have.

I am very excited to be pregnant again and at the same time when I think that i could in fact be pregnant in 2017, it scares the hell out of me! I honestly don't know how I will manage 2 when sometimes it's difficult with just 1!
We are starting in October (if my mum leaves before ovulation lol... she is visiting at the beginning of October) but more then likely we will not catch that ovulation so technically we will start in November TOO!! But if I am absolutely honest, I hope we don't get pregnant right away... which means bigger age gap...

 

[Donna88]

Oooo exciting that we'll be starting around the same time.

I'm hoping we aren't trying for too long as we'll have to stop again if it's comes around to being due around my exam times again

 

[KHTW]

How big is your window? Most people I know fell pregnant within 6 months xx

 

[Donna88]

I don't know really, haven't thought about it that much from a point of view of when we're have to stop again. I think actually we'd have to stop for less time than when we'd be able to try (exams are only on May/June time) so it's only like if we couldn't try because husband was away or illness.

 

[BabyMaker]

Morning, how are you guys?
KHTW, I haven't tried 7seas preconception vits. I used the pregnacare ones before ttc our DS and got on well with them. Like you say, stick with them then change if you feel they're still making you feel rubbish.
Donna, lol I know how you feel. When we were ttc our DS my mum came to stay for a few nights... right during my fertile window We still managed to conceive though and when I told my mum I was pregnant she quickly worked out when the baby was conceived mortifying! She just laughed.
Any plans this weekend? Tomorrow I'm taking my DS to yet another bday party! He started reception last Sept and the amount of bday parties they go to is ridiculous lol! Spent a fortune on presents and cards this year. Tomorrow will be the last one before it starts all over again next year it's great though - wears them out as it's usually at a Softplay.
xx

 

[Donna88]

Just realised it'll be the end of my fertile window when we go, so chances of conceiving on the boat are slim anyway lol. There's always before though.

Oh bless her, haha I don't know if I'd want to think about when anyone else conceived... just happy with a congratulations and not much more thought into it

Sounds good, my son doesn't get invited to that many parties, although it's probably good as he isn't always available at weekends. We have a busy weekend too, little one is off to camp with scouts tonight, we have a BBQ tomorrow and then it's little one's birthday. So having a pizza party, not good for the diet

 

[KHTW]

Haha nope nope nope I wouldn't want my mum in the house when the conceiving business is going on, too weird

Our weekends are always busy!! My friends all have kids in similar age group so we meet up every weekend for a play dates.

Af arrived today and I feel a bit shitty so away to cuddle a cup of tea and watch tv x

 

[Donna88]

Hope you feel better soon.

I'm feeling really crap today too, I have had a really good week on my diet and maintained... to top it off I'd ordered some dresses in a size smaller than what I know I am and they don't fit (shocker I know...) well actually one of them fits, but the others don't. I know that's a ridiculous thing to be annoyed about as obviously I'm not in that size yet and I knew that when I ordered them... I ordered smaller so they would motivate me to keep on losing. I think the maintain has made them not fitting seem even worse as I'm worried that I will never fit in them (yet it is a size I have been before so I do know it's not impossible)

But yes, maybe I should have been sensible and ordered my current size :/

 

[BabyMaker]

Aww Donna, just looking at your ticker and you're doing so well How old is you little man?
xx

 

[KHTW]

Donna, you are doing amazing! Maybe it's the dress brand? Sizes can be different for some brands; you think you are ordering 12 but they are more like 10! X

 

[KHTW]

How are you Girls?? I can't believe it's nearly August?!?!

Changed my countdown widget to November and it now shows 3 month + until we start TTC. It actually made me feel a bit better that we added some moths to it!

Accept of taking the 7seas vits I have done nothing else i.e. getting an exercising routine on or eating more fruit and veg

I am using opks now to try and work out my ovulation times so that when we come to TTC I can realx and only go with what my body tells me. Last time I was OPK obsessed (as I mentioned before) but this time I am doing it differently.

I also realized that since DD and I are still co-sleeping in her room, hubby and I will only get to DTD on weekends... small window of opportunity x

 

[BabyMaker]

Hi, good idea approaching this in a relaxed state. With my first I was clueless (thus relaxed) but last time I was a total POAS stresshead addict! So I'm defo doing what you're doing next time and just going with the flow (if I can...) So have you changed from October to November?
I'm still unsure when to start but I'm leaning more towards the spring now. Like you say, it's almost August!! and if we were to start ttc in October that means I'd have to get the coil out soon and start getting my body ready and suddenly the thought of being pregnant whilst my DD is so young and having a 2 yr age gap panics me a bit. As this will be the last bubba I want to enjoy the whole journey as much as possible. Haven't talked to DH about it for a while so will see where he's at with it all. I need to remind myself that although we start ttc doesnt mean baby will be here instantly. I still get 9months+ to prepare myself lol.
Saw my neighbour's baby yesterday and I just melted and felt a little tug in my ovaries
xx

 

[KHTW]

Seeing little babies can do that to you

You should definately listen to both your heart and your head. If you feel like a bigger gap would allow you to enjoy the new baby more then wait till spring. It sounds like a sensible idea x

I changed it till November, defo not starting ttc with my mum in the house lol.

Fingers crossed we can both stay away from poas

 

[kanga86]

Hey ladies I'm not technically wtt but since having a chemical pregnancy earlier this month I can't stop thinking about having another baby I agree that I need to enjoy the 3 I have while they are still little but my god am I so incredibly broody. I don't even want to go through pregnancy though as those 9 months are the worst ever nor do I think I'm ready for the whole newborn plus a 2yr old, 4.5yrold and nearly 6 yr old (that would be the ages if pregnant soon).

How are you able to keep pushing the date back babymaker, I need your tips. I keep looking at due dates from future cycles and then checking against Chinese gender predictors to see if I will get a girl!! So even narrowed it down to October, or February so feeling super crazy! Plus those dates would give me a 2012, 2014, 2016 and a 2018 baby lol xx

 

[BabyMaker]

Omg Kanga, you're hilarious! And just as crazy as us lot YAY
I'm feeling very broody too but the sensible part of me takes over when I imagine a newborn and a 2yr old throwing tantrums. We have very little help with childcare so ultimately it would be down to me on a daily basis and I'm not sure I could do it yet... BUT, I'm sooooo broody!! Took DS to a birthday party earlier and there was a newborn *melt*. She just slept the whole time and I thought "hmm...maybe I could do it if the baby just slept alot". But it would be sod's law I'd get another one with reflux (like my DS) which would be hell!!!!
So, Im leaning towards Spring as my DD would be in preschool a few mornings a week by the time baby arrives. But the wait is agonising

Have you spoken to your DH about ttc #4 since your chemical?
xx

 

[kanga86]

Haha yep I am firmly in the crazy camp!

I agree, it would solely be me with the childcare, I do have my mil but don't ask for much help as she has epilepsy so don't want to rely on her too much especially when the boys play up. The newborn bit is easier I think than the walking 15m old stage Alfie is just into everything and so hard to stop him getting stuff he shouldn't plus climbing everything too!

I had a brief chat and he agreed to think about it in a few years but that feels like a lifetime away and I think he is hoping I get over the broody feeling. Tried to broach the subject last night as he mentioned he had a conversation at work about kids but then his mum phoned and he then fell asleep.

Feel as though I need to tell him about the chemical and how it has made me feel but I'm scared it will push him closer to wanting the snip Just don't even know how to start the conversation either. My sensible head says we need to wait as there is so many factors against having another (money, space, possible rent increase as landlord wants to extend i house to a 4 bed, want to get a mortgage so need to safe for a deposit! Plus the fact pregnancy sucks for me and impacts the whole family, maternity leave affects my pay and pnd etc. But then I think surely it is better to do it sooner rather than later and we have the more serious commitments? xx

 

[KHTW]

Being a broody woman sucks, doesn't it? Even tho we KNOW it is not the time yet, our body keeps pushing and pushing and pushing. It is really annoying. I am a bit like a yo-yo right now... there are times I am SO excited to start trying in Nov and possibly having a baby in 2018 and then a few days later I am calling myself crazy for wanting to disturb the peace and harmony we have now and add a newborn to the mix lol. CRAZY!

Kanga, I hope you can reach some sort of agreement between your head and ovaries xx